Medicine Bow

The Medicine Bow River defines the setting of Medicine Bow — its course across the broad, high Laramie Plains has long made water and weather central to life in this small southeastern Wyoming community. The town stands amid open grasslands, with the Medicine Bow Mountains rising to the southwest and the North Platte drainage beyond the plains. Ranching and the railroad helped shape its identity. The landmark Virginian Hotel, opened in 1911, recalls the Western world associated with Owen Wister’s 1902 novel The Virginian. Medicine Bow National Forest adds higher, forested country to the wider region. Find related webcams around Medicine Bow and southeastern Wyoming to build a fuller picture of this high-plains region.

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